Sanitary hygienic device for telephone instruments



1940- L. F. RICHARDSON ET AL 8 SANITARY HYGIENIC DEVICE FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS- Filed April 21, 1939 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 Law re n ce Fre danck fichqvdaon Feb. 6, 1940- I L. F. RICHARDSON ET AL I 2,138,958

7 I SANITARY HYGIENIC DEVICE FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS I Filed April 21, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 L a reme, Fredan mkfichardson Vwl cm John FZwWner \NVENTOQS dim TY.

Patented Feb. 6, 1940 e r j UNITED s ATEs PATENT-Q OFFICE SANITARY HYGIENIC -DEVICE FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS Lawrence Frederick Richardson, Stanmore, and

Vivian John Faulkner, Harrow, England Application April [21; 1939, Serial No. 269,072

t ,In Great Britain April 22, 1938 i s Qlaims. (01.179485) This invention relates to a sanitary or hyslipped around the neck of the stand I from gienic device for a telephone instrument of what the side, being held in position by suitable clampis known as the hand-microphone type, and ing or frictional gripping means.

comprises an absorbent pad or the like adapted As will beseen from Figure'Z, the arrangeto be resiliently carried by the supporting stand ment is such that when the device is fitted each 5 of the instrument nd t l s th mouthpiece hinge 5 is so placed that its pad will lie either in or; earpiece when the instrument is placed on the general plane of the earpiece 9 or the mouththe stand. piece it of the hand instrument H, whichever Preferably two such pads are adapted to be is adjacent, so that both these are neatly closed pivotally carried by the stand about arallel by e pads in whichever po i i n he instrum axes, each such axisbeing positioned approxim i replaced. E h p f r pmately both in the general plane of the mouthportedagainst the earpiece or mouthpiece by piece (when adjacent) and in that of the eara wire spr n I? at its hinge 38%;) Piece piece (when adjacent), d th pads being upbeing incorporated in the hinge to prevent the u Wardly spring-pressed, so that ineither position pad rising substantially above the horizontal ll of the instrument on its sta d it mouthpiece when the instrument is in use. It will also be and earpiece are both closed by the pads. understood t the Springs H are a light The following description and accgmpanying nature so as not to prevent the'instrument from drawings, which are given by way of example depressing its cradle properly when it is replaced.

y, have reference to devices incorporating two The pad holders might o ou s be arried pads arranged in this way. or the drawings: directly y e stand 1 in various waysu Figure 1 is a plan view of a device constructed as indicated in Figure 4, they could each be carseparately from the telephone stand for attachd y a s ent Wire Stem i4 rising from the 'ment thereto, base of the stand 1, each wire M being swan- Fi ure 2 isa side elevation showing the dehooked to give the sam fi t as thespecial vice attached to a stand and co-operating wit disposition of the hinges 5. t

the instrument, a We claim: i Figure 3 is a sectional view of the pad in its A Sanitary device o a telephone apparatus holder, and of the hand telephone type, comprising two ab- Figure 4 i i i i t Figure 2; t sorbent pads, two identically shaped pad holders showing an alternative device in which thepads for said pads, and means for supporting said pad are directly c ri by th t holders on the stand of a hand telephone at a Each pad I is fitted in a sh now i l h ld distance from one another equal to that between 2 having a central nipple 3 (see Figure 3) e m uthpiece and the earpiece of the hand through which air may circulate to carry vapour telephone d resilientlytholding both Said p I from the pad into and round the mouthpiece r in a common horizontal plane substantially coearpiece. The pad itself may be constructed of inciding With the rim 0f the earpiece When the any suitable material, for example felt or cottond telephQIIe is placed 011 its a e. 891511 of Wool covered with gauze or lush, or it may be said p holders being adapted to ti t d wnw a solid block of evaporating chemical, and incor- W J' lY about a c o tal S 'ldt y e d 130 4'0 porates a backing disc 4 having a central hole the mouthpiece O the h telephone en t e to give a firm push fit over the nipple 3. i latter is placedon the cradle, whereby in either The pad holder 2 ar hin d t 5 t opposite position of the hand telephone on the cradle the ends of a rectangular collar member 6 adapted mouthpiece and the earpiece a e C osed by Said to be fitted firmly around the neckof the'stand padsa v 1 of th telephone as shown in Figure 2 For 2, A sanitary device for a telephone apparatus this purpose the collar portion may be made in I of h hand telephone type, comprising two abtWo halves adapted to interlock by dovetail joints sorb'inttpades, tW0 identically Shaped P holders at 8, and if (as is contemplated) the member-6 f0]?v said pads, an elongated Carrier for Said p and pad h ld 2 are made b moulding from holders having its endsspaced a distance equal 50 a synthetic resin type of material the halves of to that between the mouthp e d he" earthe collar will have a slight spring and render piece O a d t telephone and being a t the dovetail joints 8 entirely satisfactory in opv to be mounted on the stand of a hand telephone eration. Alternatively, of course,'the collar mem inv a position in which its ends aredisposed in her 6 might be open or hinged at one side and a common plane substantially coinciding with 5 the rim of the earpiece when the hand telephone is placed on its cradle, said two pad holders being pivoted-about parallel horizontal axes to the two opposite ends of said carrier, respectively, and spring means holding said two pad holders normally in said common horizontal plane whereby either of them can yield to the mouthpiece of the hand telephone when the latter is placed on the cradle.

3. A sanitary device for a telephone apparatus of the hand telephone type, comprising two absorbent pads, two identically shaped pad holders for said pads, a collar adapted to be mounted on the base of the stand of a hand telephone,

and W0 resilient Wire stems rising from diametslightly'inclined towards one another, the upper ends of said wire stems being bent outwardly and supporting said pad holders at a distance from one another equal to that between themouthpiece and the earpiece of the hand telephone so as to hold both said pads resiliently in a comwith the rim of the earpiece when the hand telephone is placed on its cradle, whereby each of said pad holders may tilt downwardly about a j horizontal axis to yield to the mouthpiece of the hand telephone when the latter is placed on the cradle.

' VIVIAN JOHN FAULKNER.

' mon horizontal plane substantially coinciding LAWRENCE, FREDERICK RICHARDSON. l5 

